1、Convert mpg file to flv file:
ffmpeg -i test.mpg -ab 56 -ar 22050 -b 500 -r 15 -s 320x240 test.flv
In the command above,we convert the test.mpg to test.flv which size is 320*240,frame rate is 15p/s and other parameters are set.
2、Render Images from Video
ffmpeg -an -y -t 0:0:0.001 -i test.flv -f image2 test%d.jpg
We get just one image test1.jpg from the video and the image is at the time 0:0:0.001of test.flv.
3、Encode Single Images to Video
First,rename your images to follow a numerical sequence.
For example, img1.jpg,img2.jpg,img3.jpg...
Then run the following command:
ffmpeg -f image2 -i img%d.jpg /tmp/a.mpg
Notice the symbol '%d' is replaced by the image number.For example '%03d' means the file sequence:img001.jpg,img002.jpg,img003.jpg...
4、Encode video to pictures:
Use:
ffmpeg -i movie.mpg movie%d.jpg
The {movie.mpg} used as input will be converted to
{movie1.jpg}, {movie2.jpg}, etc...
Instead of relying on file format self-recognition, you may also use
-vcodec ppm
-vcodec png
-vcodec mjpeg
to force the encoding.
Applying that to the previous example:
ffmpeg -i movie.mpg -f image2 -vcodec mjpeg menu%d.jpg
Beware that there is no "jpeg" codec. Use "mjpeg" instead.
5、Join Video files:
A few multimedia containers (MPEG-1, MPEG-2 PS, DV) allow to join video files by
merely concatenating them.
Hence you may concatenate your multimedia files by first transcoding them to
these privileged formats, then using the humble cat command (or the
equally humble copy under Windows), and finally transcoding back to your
format of choice.
ffmpeg -i input1.avi -sameq intermediate1.mpg
ffmpeg -i input2.avi -sameq intermediate2.mpg
cat intermediate1.mpg intermediate2.mpg > intermediate_all.mpg
ffmpeg -i intermediate_all.mpg -sameq output.avi
Notice that you should either use -sameq or set a reasonably high
bitrate for your intermediate and output files, if you want to preserve
video quality.
Also notice that you may avoid the huge intermediate files by taking advantage
of named pipes, should your platform support it:
mkfifo intermediate1.mpg
mkfifo intermediate2.mpg
ffmpeg -i input1.avi -sameq -y intermediate1.mpg < /dev/null &
ffmpeg -i input2.avi -sameq -y intermediate2.mpg < /dev/null &
cat intermediate1.mpg intermediate2.mpg |/
ffmpeg -f mpeg -i - -sameq -vcodec mpeg4 -acodec libmp3lame output.avi
Similarly, the yuv4mpegpipe format, and the raw video, raw audio codecs also
allow concatenation, and the transcoding step is almost lossless.
For example, let's say we want to join two FLV files into an output.flv file:
mkfifo temp1.a
mkfifo temp1.v
mkfifo temp2.a
mkfifo temp2.v
mkfifo all.a
mkfifo all.v
ffmpeg -i input1.flv -vn -f u16le -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -ar 44100 - > temp1.a < /dev/null &
ffmpeg -i input2.flv -vn -f u16le -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -ar 44100 - > temp2.a < /dev/null &
ffmpeg -i input1.flv -an -f yuv4mpegpipe - > temp1.v < /dev/null &
ffmpeg -i input2.flv -an -f yuv4mpegpipe - > temp2.v < /dev/null &
cat temp1.a temp2.a > all.a &
cat temp1.v temp2.v > all.v &
ffmpeg -f u16le -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -ar 44100 -i all.a /
-f yuv4mpegpipe -i all.v /
-sameq -y output.flv
rm temp[12].[av] all.[av]